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package edu.uoc.sd.fr14.model;

/**
 * This class represents the server Id.
 * <p>
 * 
 * It is important that you call {@link #isGreaterThan(ServerId)} instead of
 * getNumber from proxyId to know if a server has greater id, because
 * the server Id is not just the number (and we, teachers, can change the implementation but not the isGreaterThan interface).
 * 
 * @author drodenas
 */
public final class ServerId extends ProxyId {
    
	private static final long serialVersionUID = -1850271379912065078L;

	public ServerId(int number) {
        super("Sv",number);
    }
    
	/**
	 * This function tells to you if your id is higher than the other. 
	 * <p>
	 * 
	 * You should call it to check that servers in which you want to send a message
	 * has a higher server ids and filter lower and same server ids.
	 * 
	 * @param other which is the other server id
	 * @return true if this is greater than the other, false otherwise
	 */
    public boolean isGreaterThan(ServerId other) {
        return getNumber() > other.getNumber();
    }
    
}
